The p(doom) irony: Dario left OpenAI over safety, then built its biggest rival
aliisarosenthal · x · 2026-09-12
The author highlights an irony in AI safety narratives: Dario Amodei left OpenAI over safety concerns, then used what he learned to build its biggest competitor — massively accelerating the AI arms race. If only OpenAI, Google, and Meta were pushing the frontier, the pace would likely be meaningfully slower, undercutting the p(doom) hysteria.
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